And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. The summary of Jesus' Galilean ministry: teaching, proclaiming, healing. All three are expressions of the same kingdom. The synagogues were the centers of Jewish communal life in every town — Jesus enters the institutions of his own people first. The gospel of the kingdom is the good news that the reign of God has arrived in his person. The healing of every disease and every affliction is the sign that the kingdom brings restoration: where the king reigns, the enemy's work is undone. Isaiah 35:5–6 promised that when God came to save, the blind would see, the deaf hear, the lame leap — Jesus' healing ministry is the fulfillment of the kingdom's promised restoration.

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